”It can also be seen as the codification of Pacino’s movie star persona, the first time he started treating that magnificent head of hair as a co-headliner and when his squeaky Michael Corleone whisper got gruff. The ending of the film is the beginning of the broadly theatrical, ‘LOUD-quiet-LOUD’ monologues that became the actor’s signature, for better and worse.” – Crooked Marquee, 01/19/2024